Paris: Chez Ponthieu, 1822. Edition: One of two French translations of The Sketch Book that were issued in 1822, its first year of publication in France; priority between the two is not known. Bibliographical References: Langfeld & Blackburn, page 67. ¶ Apparently translated from the 1820 London edition published by... More

New York: William H. Clayton, 1824. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 10112; Wright I, 1429; Langfeld & Kleinfield, pages 26-27. ¶ A collection of eight of Irving's earliest sketches, mainly theatre reviews, all written under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle. They first appeared in 1802 in the Morning Chronicle, a.... More

Paris: Chez Ponthieu, 1822. Edition: One of two editions of French translations of The Sketch Book that were issued in 1822, its first year of publication in France; priority between the two is not known. Bibliographical References: Langfeld & Blackburn, page 67. ¶ Apparently translated from the 1820 London edition... More

New York, circa 1890. ¶ Charles A. Gray was born in Iowa in 1857. He painted portraits of presidents McKinley and Garfield and playwright Eugene O'Neil, among others. This copy of the popular image of Irving was undoubtedly made to sell in his gallery. Gray made similar copies of other... More